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Attributed to Archibald Skirving (Scottish, 1749-1819)
Portrait miniature of Henrietta Robinson (d. 1826) watercolour on ivory, oval, 6 x 5.4cm; together with a portrait miniature of her son, Jenico Preston, 12th Viscount Gormanston (1775-1860) attributed to Charles Robertson (Irish, 1760-1821) watercolour on ivory, oval, 7 x 5.8cm (2)

Footnote: Henrietta Robinson was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel John Robinson (d. 1772) and married firstly Anthony, de jure 11th Viscount Gormanston, who died in 1786. She married secondly in 1794 Lieutenant General Christopher Jeaffreson of Dullingham.

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